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garbage

/ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/noun2 syllables

Garbage means: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).

Synonyms for garbage19

noun, as in food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

refuse, food waste, scraps

noun, as in a worthless message

drivel

also used for garbage

gubbins, leftovers, orts, junk, rubbish, trash, waste, cultch, crap, debris, dreck, drek, bin, double Dutch, flim-flam

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What does garbage mean?3

noun

1

food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

2

a worthless message

3

a receptacle where waste can be discarded“she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Garbage in a sentence

  • It was you who took out the garbage, wasn't it?CK
  • It was you that took out the garbage, wasn't it?CK
  • You're not watching that garbage again, are you?DJ_Saidez
  • Bottles, husks of seeds, and other kinds of garbage were strewn everywhere.AlanF_US
  • In our city, we carefully separate and collect garbage.Aphima
  • You could see slime in many places, and garbage floating in the water.Cangarejo
  • Don't throw garbage on the ground, it's not nice.Amastan
  • Throwing garbage on the street is not a good habit, remember?Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.